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This image is held in Durham County Record Office and
must not be reproduced in any form without permission.

About This Image

Reference: D/Ph 323/2

Photograph of the laying of the foundation stone of the School Aycliffe Mental Colony by Alderman J. Lazenby, chairman of the Durham County Council 'Committee for the Care of the Mentally Defective', 19 August 1936 This mental health hospital (known as The Colony) consisted of six houses, two work room blocks, school, staff residences and was designed for 360 residents..

(1 photograph, 16cm x 21 cm, black and white) - 2343(D)

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